HB 388

Dubbed the “Option of Adoption Act,” this regressive bit of legislation was authored by Republican Rep. James Mills, who claims that the bill is used “as a safeguard against mothers who agree carry the fetuses of infertile couples from refusing to give up the infants after birth,” according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

In actuality, the bill makes dangerous erosions to the reproductive rights of all Georgians. Here are a few choice passages from the bill’s summary.

“… to change the definition of “child” to include a human embryo; … to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.”